Washington Hospital Healthcare System
As the local Health Care District, our mission is to meet the healthcare needs of the District residents through medical services, education and research.
Within this scope, Washington Township Health Care District is committed to assuming the leadership role in improving and maintaining the health status of the residents by:
Identifying and assessing community healthcare needs.
Developing mechanisms to respond to the identified need within the financial capabilities of the District.
Committing to a culture of patient safety and accountability.
Adopting identified best practices.
Providing access to high quality, cost-effective health services through an integrated delivery system.
Providing appropriate employee, professional and community educational resources to enhance patient care and health promotion throughout the District.
To support the fulfillment of the mission, the District's strategic vision is to be the regional medical center of Southern Alameda County offering services that span the full range of care within the available financial resources.
Description:
Washington Hospital Healthcare System offers special services such as 24-hour emergency care; childbirth and family services; cardiac surgery, catheterization and rehabilitation; nutritional counseling; outpatient surgery; pulmonary function; crisis intervention; respiratory care; rehabilitation services (cardiac, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech, stress); social services; laboratory; medical imaging; level II nursery and hospice care.
For more than 50 years, we've been serving Alameda County with some of the area's finest medical care.
History:
The Washington Hospital Service League began as a fledging volunteer organization in 1955. Its goal was to support Washington Township’s new hospital by purchasing much needed equipment and to offer assistance to patients, visitors and staff. Not only did the organization accomplish its original goal, but over the past 50 years the Service League has become a much-respected organization in the Tri-City area and a vital part of the Washington Hospital Healthcare System.
When Washington Hospital first opened its doors in 1958, the Service League had already raised the necessary funds for needed medical equipment. In addition, the Service League provided a volunteer force to assist patients, visitors and staff.
Through the years, many dedicated members of the Service League have met challenges to their ambitious goals. In 1963, the organization presented a $10,000 check to the Washington Township Health Care District Board of Directors to help fund an intensive care unit at Washington Hospital. This became the first intensive care unit established west of the Mississippi River in a non-teaching hospital.
In 1973, a $35,000 donation from the Service League contributed greatly to the establishment of a Renal Dialysis Center at Washington Hospital. The establishment of this unit greatly eased the burden on local hemodialysis patients who previously had to drive as far as Oakland, San Francisco or Palo Alto for treatment.
The Washington-Stanford Radiation Oncology Center opened in 1984 to provide cancer patients in need of radiation treatment the technology of Stanford University and the convenience of local care at Washington Hospital. During the Center’s first year, the Service League donated $15,000. In addition, the Service League had pledged to match up to $30,000 in funds raised by the Washington Hospital Healthcare Foundation. This donation aided in the purchase of a new patient treatment-planning computer for the Center.
Residents of Washington Township can rest assured that Washington Hospital is prepared in case of a disaster. In 1998, the Service League donated $43,000 to purchase a disaster tent and all the necessary supplies to provide medical care if a major disaster strikes the district.
During its history, the Service League has donated more than $1.8 million to Washington Hospital Healthcare System.
In addition to their fund-raising efforts, volunteers staff many services at Washington Hospital. Volunteers can be found greeting patients and visitors, discharging patients, making deliveries, keeping concerned friends and families of surgery emergency and critical care patients updated on the condition of their loved ones, interacting with patients by providing emotional support during physical therapy, assisting staff with feeding patients, staffing the gift shop, taking baby photos of newborns for parents, cuddling special care babies, assisting patients who are going into treatment at Washington-Stanford Radiation Oncology Center, creating Pinky Puppets and Magic Hankies as gifts for children and newborns, giving tours, assisting at public lectures and assisting visitors in finding answers to their health-related questions in the Community Health Resource Library. During the past 50 years, the Service League has donated 1.5 million hours of volunteer service to the Washington Hospital Healthcare System.
One of the Service League’s activities that has continued to change the lives of so many in the community was the establishment of its scholarship program in 1961. The first nursing scholarship – in the amount of $150 – was awarded to a nursing student training at Highland Hospital. The Service League has greatly expanded the scholarship program since those early days and now awards two health care career scholarships of $1,000 annually, each renewable for the term of a four-year degree. During the 2003-04 fiscal year, the Service League awarded $5,000 in scholarships to young people from the Tri-City area.
The dedicated men and women of the Washington Hospital Service League have also given thousands of dollars to support worthy causes and spent countless hours of energy, enthusiasm, and expertise in support of the Washington Township Health Care District.
Contact people:
Office fax number: (510) 745-6460
Address:
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2000 Mowry AvenueFremont, CA 94536(See a map) |
Web Site: http://www.whhs.com
Directions:
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Directions to Washington Hospital and Washington West
From BART
Exit Fremont BART station onto Bart Way (going away from the Hills)
Turn right on Civic Center Drive
Turn right on Mowry Avenue
From Contra Costa County (Walnut Creek)
South on 680 toward San Jose. . . (more) |
| Last updated on October 13, 2009 |
